French air strike is OFF as holidaymakers breathe huge sigh of relief

But easyJet warns of delays as flights catch up through the day

The strike by French air traffic controllers has been called off, sparing British passengers further days of travel misery.

Scores of flights by UK airlines had to be cancelled due to the action, which began on Tuesday and had been due to carry on until the end of Sunday.

But last night the strike was called off.

Budget carriers easyJet and Ryanair were forced to axe a large number of services on Tuesday and yesterday, with British Airways also having to cancel some services.

Initially, nearly all the flights axed were ones not starting or finishing in the UK. But yesterday a number of UK flights were cancelled and others flying over French airspace were delayed.

EasyJet warned customers to expect some delays even though the industrial action has been called off.

The carrier said: "The strike has been cancelled from this morning so we are expecting a fairly normal operating day today.

"The level of disruption caused over the last two days is likely to have some knock-on effect throughout today, so regrettably we could still see a number of delays while we fully recover, but we are working hard to minimise any impact to our customers."